Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] whether [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position before this case was that if a power was properly classifiable as a prerogative power , the courts could decide what the extent of the power was and whether a proper occasion for its exercise had arisen , but they could not decide whether it had been exercised reasonably or fairly . |
| 2 | Then Blackadder could not think whether he had noticed the screen naturalist because his mind was primed with Ash 's image , or whether it had worked independently . |
| 3 | Sally-Anne could not tell whether he said this critically or not . |
| 4 | He could not tell whether she believed him . |
| 5 | She could not tell whether it had been a matter of minutes or several hours . |
| 6 | But they could not say whether anyone had died until the tanker was hoisted clear later . |
| 7 | Midwife Christine Hall told the hearing that she could not remember whether she notified the registrar when she noticed some deceleration in the heartbeat at 4.25pm but did so when she became worried at 7.30pm . |